Coulson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KOHL-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Coulson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Col”. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Coulson mean?
English: English surname
“son of Col”
An English surname meaning 'son of Col', a medieval pet form of Nicholas.
Is Coulson a girl's or a boy's name?
Coulson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Coulson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Coulson, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Coulson in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,474 boys in the US were given Coulson or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #164, up from #5,207 for this spelling alone.
Coulson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 24 | #4,299 |
| 2021 | 31 | #3,579 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
Names like Coulson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson Easton Cannon Stetson Deacon Kingston Brixton Caspian Colton Boston Lawson Paxton
Other spellings of Coulson
Colson Colsen Coleson Kolson Kolsen Koleson Kolsyn Colsyn Kohlson
More English names
Lily Evelyn Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Coulson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/coulson, updated 20 October 2026.